7 Ways To Make At-Home Eyebrow Plucking Easier And Less Painful

As we are all stuck at home, trying to do our usual beauty remedies ourselves, many of us are struggling with things like hair removal, while most of us are contemplating foregoing it entirely. If you’re among those trying to figure out a relatively-painless way to go about the whole thing, you’re in luck. We have some tips on making your eyebrow plucking an easier, less painful experience.

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Apply steam to loosen up follicles at the pore

Steam is supposed to relax muscles, soften the hair being plucked, and helps remove anything inside the pores, be it hair follicles or blackheads.

Make sure your brows aren’t oily

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There’s a reason aestheticians apply talc before threading your eyebrows. Dry brow hairs are easier to grip, whereas oily ones slip and slide off the grasp of threads and tweezers alike. So, apply talc or make sure your brows are not greasy enough to be slippery.

Avoid consuming caffeine for a few hours prior to plucking

Did you know that caffeine decreases our pain tolerance? This is in fact a popular tip given to those getting a bikini wax for the first time! Avoid your colas, coffees, and teas for a few hours so that your body can handle the pain better.

Use a tweezer with a wide and sharp, straight, flat end

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If your tweezers have a curved and thick, blunt end, they’re less likely to work than if you used a flat but sharp pair. It’s hard to grip hair with tweezers which are rounded at the ends.

Grip each hair from as close to the skin as possible and pull in direction of growth

There’s nothing more painful than constantly tugging at the same hair and not being able to get it out. The pulling is not only frustrating but increases the pain. To make sure you can do a clean job in one go, make sure your tweezers are placed at the root of each hair, and pull them out in the direction of growth instead of just plucking in all directions.

Hold your tweezers at the lowest possible part where the blades are

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If you hold the top of your tweezers, you have less control over the bottom. Holding tweezers low and close to the blades helps get a precise grip while plucking. This makes for fewer failed attempts at plucking out hair, and therefore reduces the overall amount of painful pulling.

Use Aloe Vera gel afterwards to calm redness and reduce pain

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If your skin is in pain or inflamed after you pluck your brows or moustache, use some Aloe Vera gel on the region to calm skin down and reduce the redness. While this won’t reduce the pain of actually tweezing, it will make the after-effects less painful.

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